2011 WIAC Championships
Hosted by UW-Stout
Whitetail Golf Course
Colfax, Wis.
Complete Results
On Saturday, the Yellowjacket men's cross country team participated in the 2011 WIAC Championships, traditionally a haven for Division III running elite, and this year's race proved to be no different than the past. In 2011 it was UW-Oshkosh that took home the team title with 51 points. UW-La Crosse was right on their heels with 64 points, good for second place. The Yellowjackets finished in ninth position on the day.
UW-Stout's Tim Nelson, who won the title two weeks ago at the Brooks Invitational, duplicated the feat on Saturday, winning the eight-kilometer race with a time of 24:41.5, just 14 seconds ahead of Nate Stymiest of UW-Oshkosh. Right there with the best of the race was Superior's Scott Behling (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East) (Duluth, Minn.). Behling, who didn't finish the race in 2010 because of an injury, finished in 27th place, just 1:11 off the pace. Behling, who missed the first half of the 2011 season because of injury, was the top finisher for the Yellowjackets with a time of 25:52.9.
After Behling, the Yellowjackets had Josh Ensign (Duluth, Minn./Two Harbors) (Duluth, Minn.) and Andy Kast (Andover, Minn./Andover) (Andover, Minn.) finished within two-hundredths of a second in 58th and 59th place respectively.
Yellowjacket Finishers
Scott Behling (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East) - 25:52.9
Josh Ensign (Duluth, Minn./Two Harbors) - 28:43.7
Andy Kast (Andover, Minn./Andover) - 28:43.9
Nate Larson - 29:23.0
Brandon Haling (Janesville, Wis./Joseph A. Craig) - 30:03.6
Sam Paakkonen (Mountain Iron, Minn./Mountain Iron-Buhl) - 30:32.2
Dillon Beesley (Iron River, Wis./Northwestern) - 30:59.0
The next meet on the schedule for the Yellowjackets is the 2011 NCAA Midwest Regional, taking place in Rock Island, Ill. on Saturday, November 12 at 12:00 p.m.
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